​While Magazine had talent, she was not a very sound filly. She won four of her five starts at 3 but had to leave the racing wars at midseason following her score in the Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1). At 4, she was unable to win in eight starts, though she placed four times. As a broodmare, she produced a Group 3 winner and several broodmares of some significance.

Race record

13 starts, 4 wins, 1 second, 3 thirds, US$99,887

1973:

Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1, 12FD, Belmont)

1974:

3rd Brighton Beach Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Belmont)

Assessments

Rated at 121 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1973, 10 pounds below champion Desert Vixen but tied with Kentucky Oaks winner Bag of Tunes for second after beating that rival by 1½ lengths in the Coaching Club American Oaks.

As an individual

A narrow, angular bay mare, Magazine did not race at 2. She was a stretch-running stayer and was considered fragile.

As a producer

Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Magazine produced eight foals, of which five started and three won. Her important foals are as follow:

Secregaze (1977, by Secretariat) never raced but is the second dam of multiple Australian Group 1 winner Intergaze.

Excitable Gal (1979, by Secretariat) won two of her 13 starts. She is the dam of listed stakes winner Edgy Diplomat (by Deputy Minister) and the second dam of 2000 Grande Prêmio Oswaldo Aranha (BRZ-G1) winner Etcher.

Martha Stevens (1984, by Super Concorde) won the 1987 Juddmonte Farms Nell Gwyn Stakes (ENG-G3). She is the second dam of Australian Group 3 winner Dama de Noche.

Connections

Foaled in Kentucky, Magazine was bred and owned by Maxwell Gluck's Elmendorf Farm. She was trained by Victor J. “Lefty” Nickerson. She produced her first five foals as the property of Walter Haefner. After she slipper her 1982 foal, she was sold privately to Moyglare Stud Farm. In 1983, she was sold through the Keeneland November mixed sale for US$230,000 and produced her last two foals as the property of Peter Harris.

Pedigree notes

Magazine is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to stakes-placed Esdiev (by Secretariat), dam of stakes winner September Sunrise (by Wajima) and Lake George (by Vice Regent), and to Dayzac (by Balzac), dam of listed stakes winner Heptathlon (by Runaway Groom). She is also a half sister to Single Line (by Rash Prince), dam of the good steeplechaser Barnbrook Again;,to Story Line (by Speak John), second dam of Grade 2 winner Lazer Show; and to Brochure, second dam of Grade 3 winner Argyle Lake. In addition, Magazine is a half sister to Ellen James (by Plugged Nickle), dam of Danish listed stakes winner Apple Green (by Perceive Arrogance).